Jesmond Dene park. Pond north of baseball field. 50 foot view on mudflats. Great photo op. Lots of birds. Not many migrant warblers today though. I got dropped off. Parking on street not to far away?

I had a chance to hop aboard a small faster private boat today for a trip out San Diego bay. We went up the Nine Mile Bank then over to La Jolla canyon and Torrey Pines. Then back over to Point La Jol

Just getting back from a day at sea. Pleasure cruise on 40 foot Reel Science from Shelter Island. Went out to 182 Spot. 4 Craveri's Murrelets plus 1 Murrelet flying and 1 dead that were probably the s

Strong winds arrived at dawn. Blowing 25-35 mph. Two Purple Martins flying over the desert calling with buzzy chirps. Female types, with pale collars. Flycatchers dropped in over night. About 9 Pac-sl

More than a dozen Lawrence's Goldfinches on a slow drive through the Roadrunner Club in Borrego Springs this morning. Equal number of Lesser Goldfinches. A pair of Lawrence's continued yesterday at th

Can this be adapted to be used with the old San Diego Bird Atlas squares? And if so, how? It would be nice to have something to compare with and perhaps be useful for future research. Greg

Well, I’ve done it now. I’ve convinced myself that a 2nd cycle gull I photographed offshore on the pelagic trip from San Diego is a Slaty-backed Gull. Or, perhaps it is a Slaty-backed x Herring, but h

I spotted a strange all-brown warbler at Kit Carson Park in Escondido on December 23. It was very hard to view and photograph against the bright sky, but believe I have enough documentation photos (re

While running work errands in commercial section of downtown Escondido just now an adult zone tailed hawk circled over only 60 feet high! I was stopped at a red light fortunately for good looks. Yello

Home now in Escondido. Photo quickly added to my eBird checklist. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48244902 at 12:20 heard from Nicole Desnoyers and Terry Hurst that the bird still there and photogra

Dip west side at fence. Long bill yellow lower mandible. Full crest straight up. 2 wing bars. Pip call. 10:55 am. Photos. Also Gray Flycatcher. Greg Gillson

https://sandiegogreg.blogspot.com/2015/07/summer-tanager-and-brown-crested.html July 2015 I birded Scissors Crossing and found Summer Tanager and Brown-crested Flycatcher. Map and account at blog post

Yesterday I parked at Doane Pond and walked first south 1/2 mile to Thundering Spring. Then hiked the opposite direction 1 mile to the Weir Trail. After 12 years I was trying out a new camera (Canon 7

Last Friday I heard at least one Swainson’s Thrush “whitting” away in the willow tangle near the footbridge down to Jack Creek Cove from the Jack Creek Picnic area. My research finds that this date wo

Mountain Chickadees are resident in small numbers in residential pines throughout Escondido, San Marcos, Vista. Best eBird hotspot location for these lowland birds is probably Oak Hill Memorial Park i

Visited Kit Carson park in Escondido May 4th. The best place for migrants seems to be the Girl Scout parking lot a few minutes after dawn. Then walked the west perimeter trail. Nothing rare (a pair of

A first year male American Restart was at Lake Hodges this morning. Yellow sides, tail base, wing patch with some dark feathers at the lower border of the gray hood and broken eye ring. A few fair pho

The Gray Flycatcher continues at the ponds at Borrego Springs WTP. A Sage Thrasher was eat of the ponds near the parking area. An immature Aleutian Cackling Goose joins 3 Western Canada Goose at the g

Aleutian Cackling Geese. As you noted, short neck and longer wings as compared with Canada. Dark breast with white neck ring and blackish collar under that helps separates from Ridgway's Cackling Goos

A male black and white warbler was at San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center. It was in a cottonwood in the extreme South East corner of the trail. Otherwise not very many birds here. Earlier this morning I s